Articles by Date : February 01 2006 - February 28 2006

'Leave partnerships intact', directors say
Social care leaders have warned the government not to allow council reorganisation to disrupt social services and partnerships with the NHS. more
(09 February 2006 08:29)

Clash over extent of independence
Charities clashed last week over the question of their independence from government and councils, at a National Association of Councils for Voluntary.... more
(09 February 2006 08:23)

Early intervention targets missed
Strategic health authorities have been ordered to draw up recovery plans after failing to meet government targets for early intervention mental.... more
(09 February 2006 08:20)

Government backs amendment to repeal Section 9
The government backed an amendment to the Immigration Bill yesterday to allow for the early repeal of Section 9 of the Asylum and Immigration.... more
(08 February 2006 00:00)

Proposals to improve protection of vulnerable groups in Scotland announced
Parents and personal employers will be able to check whether a private tutor or personal carer is banned from working with children or vulnerable.... more
(08 February 2006 00:00)

Five years to register care staff
It could take until 2012 to register all residential and domiciliary care workers, the General Social Care Council's chief executive has said. more
(09 February 2006 00:54)

Mental health care in custody is slammed
The lack of suitable treatment for young offenders with mental health problems is putting "incredible" pressure on prison staff, a campaigner has.... more
(08 February 2006 15:17)

Home Office rejects Asbo concerns
AHome Office official has challenged campaigners' allegations that large numbers of people are wrongly being given antisocial behaviour orders. more
(08 February 2006 15:13)

Fragmentation danger in youth green paper
Information, advice and guidance services for young people could become fragmented and difficult to access under the youth green paper's reforms,.... more
(08 February 2006 15:09)

'Poor foster placements must be opposed'
Social workers and independent reviewing officers must challenge poor placements of fostered children, delegates were told. more
(08 February 2006 15:07)

Social care workforce needs to be reformed
The social care workforce must be reformed to fit the changing government agenda, a conference heard today. more
(08 February 2006 00:00)

Registration extended to care workers
The process of registration is to be extended to the 750,000 care workers looking after vulnerable adults and children, Liam Byrne will announce.... more
(06 February 2006 00:00)

Kelly spells out response to concerns on fair admissions
The government is set to reject a recommendation by the education select committee to give a new duty to local authorities to monitor school.... more
(07 February 2006 00:00)

Count towards PRTL
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(08 February 2006 10:39)

WEDNESDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2006
Childminder dearer than nurseries at £500 a week more
(08 February 2006 09:59)

Career clinic
Your career dilemmas answered by experts more
(07 February 2006 11:15)

Education secretary woos MPs with concessions on school admissions
All schools awarded trust status will be forced to follow the government’s code of practice on admissions, education secretary Ruth Kelly has.... more
(07 February 2006 14:36)

Holmes appointed as Baaf's new chief executive
David Holmes, deputy director of children’s services in the London borough of Haringey, has been appointed as the new chief executive of Baaf.... more
(08 February 2006 00:00)

Physical restraint should be used as a last resort
Physical restraint should only be used on young people in prison as a “last resort” measure, according to guidance for staff issued today by the.... more
(06 February 2006 00:00)

TUESDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2006
Care home residents get wrong medicine more
(07 February 2006 09:51)

Benefit rules amended to give young people more choice
Families of 16- to 19-year-olds in unpaid work-based training will be entitled to child benefit and child tax credit for the first time from April,.... more
(07 February 2006 08:10)

Controversial asylum policy forces families into hiding
Fears that the controversial policy of removing financial support and accommodation from families refused asylum would drive them underground have.... more
(07 February 2006 08:13)

Poorer children more likely to attend lower-performing schools
Children of poorer families are 40% less likely to go to a high-achieving school than their richer counterparts of similar ability living in the same.... more
(06 February 2006 08:15)

Transparency demanded over childcare subsidy allocations
Government plans in the Childcare Bill to enable local authorities to subsidise childcare could end up causing “more harm than good” and lead to a.... more
(07 February 2006 08:17)

Management of medicines slammed by CSCI
Care and children's homes' management of medicines has been severely criticised in a report by the Commission for Social Care Inspection. more
(06 February 2006 00:00)

Special report on the health and social care white paper
The new health and social care white paper launched this week by health secretary Patricia Hewitt contains policies with which it would be hard to.... more
(03 February 2006 00:00)

Special report on mentoring
Mentoring has become one of the government’s flagship solutions for helping disaffected young people. more
(03 February 2006 00:00)

School admits unintentional discrimination
A school has admitted to unintentionally discriminating against a boy with diabetes but said that it felt that if the case went to a disability.... more
(06 February 2006 00:00)

Monday 6 February 2006
Prescott forces Blair to dilute education reforms more
(06 February 2006 00:00)

Professionals accused of abdicating responsibility
Professionals have been accused of "abdicating responsibility" for young offenders by the chief executive of the Youth Justice Board. more
(01 February 2006 16:29)

Suicide among psychiatric patients could be prevented
Suicide among psychiatric patients could be prevented by improving ward design and after-care, new research claims. more
(03 February 2006 00:00)

Appointments made to guide government on teenage pregnancy
Two young people have been appointed as representatives to the Independent Advisory Group on Teenage Pregnancy which is helping to guide the.... more
(03 February 2006 00:00)

More authorised Gypsy sites needed
More authorised sites for Gypsies and Travellers are needed to tackle the problem of unauthorised sites in inappropriate areas, the government said.... more
(03 February 2006 00:00)

Good ideas cost money
The education white paper may have had Labour MPs in open revolt, but the medicine prescribed in the health and social care white paper should be.... more
(03 February 2006 11:05)

'Government has abused our charitable status'
Scope chief executive Tony Manwaring tells Sally Gillen how the charity ended up with a £10m hole in its finances more
(02 February 2006 15:16)

Friday 3 February 2006
BNP leader walks free more
(03 February 2006 00:00)

Claimants will lose extra payments
Benefits claimants could be worse off under the government's welfare reforms than under the current system, disability charity Leonard Cheshire has.... more
(03 February 2006 10:11)

Incapacity benefit reforms meet with degree of suspicion
The government wants to wean people off incapacity benefit by offering employment support and threatening lower benefits. Amy Taylor reports more
(03 February 2006 10:10)

Sixty Second Interview
with Imelda Redmond, chief executive of Carer’s UK more
(03 February 2006 09:23)

Sixty Second Interview
Sixty Second Interview with Imelda Redmond, chief executive of Carer’s UK. more
(02 February 2006 00:00)

Community Care Live Children & Families Manchester coverage
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(02 February 2006 15:49)

Community Care Live Adult Care Services coverage
Reports from Community Care Live Adult Care Services more
(02 February 2006 00:00)

Social care chiefs seek duty of co-operation
Social care leaders have called for a duty of co-operation to be placed on councils and primary care trusts to stop NHS instability undermining the.... more
(02 February 2006 15:36)

White paper ambitions could be thwarted by reluctance to spend
Care services minister Liam Byrne has promised an unprecedented campaign for more social care funding amid criticisms from the sector that the white.... more
(02 February 2006 15:32)

Key Points
Key points of the Health and Social Care White Paper more
(02 February 2006 15:30)

Ward design 'key to suicide prevention'
Suicide among psychiatric patients could be prevented by improving ward design and after-care, new research claims. more
(02 February 2006 15:18)

Narey broadside at stand-alone Asbos
Antisocial behaviour orders are "catapulting" some children into custody who would not otherwise be behind bars, the former head of the prison.... more
(02 February 2006 15:13)

Paper is 'light' on mental health plans
Proposals on mental health in the white paper are not ambitious enough, say campaigners more
(02 February 2006 15:07)

High Court joins chorus of criticism of 'unclear' continuing care system
The controversial NHS continuing care system suffered a fresh blow last week when a High Court judge strongly criticised Department of Health.... more
(02 February 2006 15:02)

Miserly allowances
What planet does the Department for Education and Skills live on? Its proposal for a new national minimum fostering allowance should have been good.... more
(02 February 2006 15:00)